Garment.



S. SPERO.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION HLED MAY 15. 1918.

Patented Jan. 21,1919.

S. SPERO.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I5. 1918.

Patented Jan. 21,1919.

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GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, I918- 1,292,1 18. Patented Jan. 21,1919.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. l9l8- Patented Jan. 21,1919.

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SAMUEL SPERO, QF,MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO BENJAMIN KRONTHAL, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 21, 1919.

Application filed May 15, 1918. Serial No. 234,573.

To all whom it may concern:

useful Improvement in Garments, of which of which the garment is made.

the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in garments for the upper portion of the body of a person, as for example shirts, waists,

inside coats, and outside coats, my inventionhaving been devised more particularly for embodiment in shirts for use by persons engaged in hard labor, as for example laboring men, soldiers, postmen, and the like.

One of my objects is to provide, in a garment of the general character above referred to, for the proper ventilation at the portions of the garment adjacent the armpits, for the double purpose of cooling the body of the person wearing the garment, but not by direct currents of air, and preventing these portions of the garments from becoming wet from perspiration, which latter, as is well known, rots the material Another object is to provide for the reinforcing of v the parts of the garment extending adjacent the armpits to the end that the garment will be prevented from ripping or tearing at these parts. Still another object is to provide for the reinforcing of the parts of the garment which extend over the shoulders of the wearer and those parts which extend over the elbows, and to accomplish these objects by a simple construction and one which may be economically manufactured. I Referring to the accompanying drawmgs:

Figure 1 is aview in front elevation of a shirt .constructedtin accordance with my invention, portions thereof being broken away. Fig. 2 is a view in rearelevation of,

the shirts Fig. 3 .is a plan view of the article shown in-Fig. 2., Fig, 4 is a section taken at the line 4 4 onFiglandviewed in the direction of the arrows Fig, 5 is'a section taken at theline 5 5onFig, 1 and viewed inthe directionof the arrows. .Fig. 6 isja broken section; taken at thefline 66,on Fig. 1 and viewedv in-the, direction of the arrows. Fig;j7.is,a plan view of the main parts of the body and sleeve-forming portions of the shirt, the outer ends of the sleeve-portions being broken away. The parts shown in this figure are shown generally in their related positions, but spaced apart. Fig. 8 is a broken plan view of one of the two similar reinforcing sleeve sections employed. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the sleeve-portion at the left-hand side of Fig. 7 with a reinforcing part shown in Fig. 8 secured thereto against its underside. Fig. 10 is a view like Fig. 7 and of the parts therein shown illustrating the relative positions occupied by these parts during the process of forming the shirt; and Fig. 11, a similar view of the shirt in a later stage of construction.

Referring more particularly to Fig. 7, the main parts of the body and sleeve-forming portions comprise a front body-portion 15, a rear body-portion 16 and sleeve-sections 17, shown in this figure as partly broken away, though it will be understood that these portions 17 would be made as long as desired. The front portion 15 is provided with the cut-away portion 18 at its upper end, opening into a slit-portion 19, as is usual in the fronts of shirts, and at its opposite side toward its upper end is provided with flaps 20 and 21, which extend laterallyand are preferably of the form shown. The rear portion 16 of the body of the shirt is of the same general form as the front portion 15 and carries laterall v extending flaps 22 and 23, as in the case of the portion 15. .The sleeve-portions 17 are formed with tapering end portions, represented at 24, terminating at opposite sides of each sleeve-portion in laterally-extending flaps 25 and 26. preferably of the form shown in the drawings.

In the particular, illustrated, embodiment of my invention. reinforcing means for the shoulderand elbow portions of the gartions, represented at 27. being preferably of the form shown in Fig. 8. One end of this reinforcing section is shown broken away .in Fig. 8, but. as will be manifest from Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings. these reinforcing sections will extend preferably to the cuffs ofthe shirt. The sections 27, which in making the shirt are applied, and

sewed, to the sleeve-portions 17 are of the same shape and size as the portions 17 at the shoulder-portions thereof, or, in other words, at the portions of the members 17 nearest the body-portions 15 and 16 in Fig. 7, but are cut away at one edge thereof, preferably along a straight line from near the left-hand end thereof in Fig. 8 to the opposite extremity thereof, as indicated at 28, and at their opposite edges are cut away as represented in Fig. 8 to present the con voluted edge-portion represented at 29. The portions 27 while extending substan' tially coincident with the inner ends, or shoulder portions of the sleeve-portions 17 which they flatwise oppose, only partly cover these sleeve-portions 17 throughout the remainder of these portions, as will be clear from the drawings.

In the sewing of the parts of the shirt together to form the shirt, the'reinforeing portion 27 for each sleeve-portion 17 is positioned to extend at the underside of the latter in the position represented by the long dash lines in Fig. 9, the right-hand end of the reinforcing section 27 in Fig. 9 substantially coinciding with the corresponding portion of the part 17 which it underlies. The reinforcing sections 27 are then stitched to the sections 17 which they underlie along the stitching lines indicated at 30 and 31 (see particularly Fig. 9), and if desired, also along the stitching lines 32, 33, 34, and 35, which follow the contour of the reinforcing sections 27. The parts 15, 16, and 17 are then adjusted to overlie each other at their edges and at their flap-portions, as repre sented in Fig. 10, these parts still lying flat. In thus positioning the parts, the upper edge portions of the parts 15 and 16 are caused I to overlap the adjacent edge-portions of the tapered-portions of the members 17, as shown in Fig. 10, and the flaps 20, 21, 22, and 23 overlap adjacent parts of the sleeveportions 17, the flaps 25 and 26 on the sleeveportions 17 underlying adjacent parts of the body-sections l5 and 16. The parts shown in Fig. 7 are preferably notched adjacent the various flaps referred to in order that the one assembling the parts of the shirt may apply these various parts to the desired relative positions shown in Fig. 10. With the parts thus assembled, they are stitched in any desirable manner along the stitching.

lines indicated at 36, these stitching lines extending from the neck-opening 37 of the body down to the points where theflaps 20, 21, 22, and 23 are joined to the body-portions 15 and 16, these points being indicated at 38. The stitching 30 and 31 is omitted in Figs. 1, 2, 10, and 11 in order that the feature of the openings through the garment at the arm-pits may be clearly illustrated. The garment thus partially formed is then folded once to the condition illustrated in Fig. 11, as by swinging the bodyportion 15 and portions of the sleeve-portions 17 upwardly and then downwardly in Fig. 10 to cause them to overlie the other body-portion l6 and the other parts of the sleeve-portions 17 respectively, these parts folding along the dotted line X-X to cause the marginal edges of the portions which thus become superposed, to aline or register with the marginal edges of the underlying portions of the garment. The garment in folded condition is then stitched along the lines 39 from near the lower extremitv of the skirt-portion of the body to the extremities of the sleeves. The garment may be finished by applying a neck-band or collar and cuffs, and provided with buttons and buttonholes at the slotted portion 19 of the shirt, and any other desired finish, all in accordance with common practice.

It will be noted from the foregoing and from the drawings that by stopping the seams at the points 38, passage ways or vents 40 are provided at each of the arm-pit portions of the garment, one at each side of the seams 39, which open from the outside of the shirt to the inside portion thereof and provide passage ways through which air may enter the interior of the shirt, especially under the action of the user in working his arms, thereby providing desirable ventilation without subjecting the body of the person to direct currents of air, as would be the case if the vents were mere holes punched in the garment. Furthermore, it will be noted that the stitching along the seams 39 at the flaps 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, and 26, these portions of the seams being represented at 39*, serves to firmly secure certain of the portions of these flaps to the sleeve and body portions, respectively, and reinforce the garment in a very effective manner against ripping or tearing at the arm-pits. The reinforcing sections 27, it will be understood from the foregoing description and the drawings, extend from the neck-opening 37 of the shirt across the shoulders and partway down both the front and rear of the shirt, thence across the elbow-portions of the shirt and preferably to the cuff-portions thereof, represented at ll. The shoulder and elbow portions of the shirt at each side thereof, are thus reinforced in a highly effective manner and without presenting objectionable seams which would be uncom fortable to the wearer, especially over the shoulder-portions. It will be noted that the parts of the strip 27 at opposite sides of the elbow-portion of the garment are cut away, as indicated at 42 and 43, this being preferably done in order that the amount of material used be minimized, the weight of the providing the reinforcing strips 27, as stated, the use of separate facing strips adjacent the cuff-portions of the shirt, is rendered unnecessary.

The stitchings 32 and 33 may be made at any time, but it is preferred that the parts be stitched along these seams before the sleeve-sections are connected in any wa with the body-portions 15 and 16. Furthermore, the parts may be stitched along the lines 34 and 35 in Fig. 9 before the sleeveportions are assembled with the body-portions, but if desired, these parts of the portions 27 and 17 may be stitched together along the lines 34 and 35 by the stitching 36.

While I have illustrated and described a particular construction in which my inven tion is embodied, I do not wish to be understood as intending to limit it thereto, as various alterations and changes may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, it being my intention to claim my invention as fully and completely as the prior state of the art will permit.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a garment and in combination, a

"body-section having a neck-opening and a sleeve-section connected with said body-section, one of said sections having a flap at the arm-pit portion of the garment, said flap overlying the other of said sections and being disconnected therefrom along a certain opposing portion thereof, and forming an opening through the arm-pit portion of the garment at said flap which extends from the inside to the outside of the garment.

2. In a garment and in combination, a body-portion having a neck-opening and a sleeve-portion connected with said body-portion, said body and sleeve-portions being provided with flaps which oppose and overlie said sleeve-portion and body-portion, respectively, at the arm-pit portion of the garment, said flaps being disconnected from the portions .which they oppose along certain portions thereof and forming an opening through the arm-pit portion of the garment at said flaps which extends from the inside to the outside of the garment.

3. In a garment and in combination, a body-section having a neck-opening, a sleevesection connected with said body-section, a flap on one of said sections, at the arm-pit portion of the garment and adjacent the front part of the latter, and a flap on one of said sections at the arm-pit portion of the garment and adjacent the rear part of the latter, said flaps opposing and being disconnected, respectively, from the sections other than those carryin them, along certain portions thereof, and orming openings through the arm-pit portion of the garment at said flaps which extends from the inside to the outside of the garment.

4. In a garment and in combination, a bodyportion having a neck-opening, a sleeve-portion connected with said body-portion, flaps on said body and sleeve-portions, said flaps opposing and overlying said sleeve-portions. and body-portions, respectively, at the arm-pit portion of the garment adjacent the front and rear parts of the garment, and being disconnected from the portions which they oppose along certain portions thereof and forming openings through the arm-pit portion of the garment .at said flaps at the front and rear parts of the garment which extends from the inside to the outside of the garment.

5. In a garment and in combination, a

body-section having a neck-opening, and a sleeve-section connected with said body-section, one of said sections being provided with a flap at the arm-pit portion of the spectively, at the arm-pit portion of the gar-- ment, said flaps being disconnected from the portions which they oppose along certain portions thereof to form an opening throu h the arm-pit portion of the garment at said flaps, and sewed to the portion which they oppose along a line extending along the undersideof the sleeve at the arm-pit portion to reinforce the garment at said arm-pit portion.

7. In a garment and in combination, a body-portion formed of front and rear parts, each provided at opposite edges .with flaps, and sleeve-portions each provided at opposite edges with flaps, said sleeve-portions being secured to said body-portion, with the flaps on. said body-portion and sleeve-portions overlapping said sleeve-portions and body-portion, respectively, at the arm-pit portions of the garment, With said flaps disconnected from the portions which they oppose, along certain portions thereof, to form openings through the arm-pit portions of the garment at the front and rear side thereof, the parts forming said bodyportion and said sleeve-portions being seamed along the underside of said sleeveportions and along the arm-pit portions of the garment at opposite sides of the said openings and securing said flaps to the parts which they oppose intermediate the said openings,

thereby providing front and rear ventilation and reinforcing the arm-pit portions of the garment.

8. In a 5 body-portion having garment and in combination, a a neck-opemng and a.

sleeve-section connected With said body-section, said located at sections having overlapping parts the arm-pit portion of the garment, said overlapping parts being disconnected from opposing portions of the garment along certain parts thereof and forming an opening through the arm-pit portion of the garment at said overlapping parts, which extend from the inside to the outside of the garment.

SAMUEL SPERO. 

